Eric Scheske

Lecture Notes Every historian recognizes that, by 1000, commerce was increasing and with it, wealth. Technology was advancing. The Dark Ages were over, caput, finished. It was onward and upward pretty much non-stop from there, allowing Europe to, almost literally, conquer the world by the 19th century. There was

Quick Rambling Wow, what brutal weather these past couple of days. I'm guessing my 50 lettuce plugs didn't make it, but I won't get a chance to check them out until tomorrow. If we lost the crop, it'll probably be a $250

Miscellany: The Trailer One significant inconvenience has dogged me this gardening season: a new car. My old van died on me last November. I bought a 2017 Kia Sorento, which I really, really like. I like it so much, I don't like to get it dirty by transporting

Miscellaneous Rambling This was a tough post to write. I had to dedicate yesterday to prepping for my Theology on Tap lecture on epistemology, which led me pull old books off the shelves and review my underlinings (or pull old books into my Kindle and look at highlightings) on topics

> "Nisbet's best line ever, and he meant it: 'A square block in Manhattan has more community than the entire city of Tucson.'" https://t.co/kpR0L4CCxY > — The American Conservative (@amconmag) April 13, 2018 [https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/984758095057305600?ref_src=twsrc%

Miscellany Working Saturday. I'm blessed to have a job with flexible hours that enable me to take advantage of nice days like we had this week, but it is a job that requires me to put in the hours, so when the rain comes out, I go in.

"Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will be like the grey-faced gin-drinker in the slum." GKC I only drink when I'm not wretched without it, so I hope that takes me out of the grey-faced slum, but man, I&

Bullets **Transplanting lettuce was rough. The plugs were too wet so they kept falling apart, and it was back-breaking work. I got 26 into the ground. If 20 survive, I'll be content. I'm letting the others dry out. I'm hoping to plant at

More Rambling: Medicine Well, far out. I've been trying to get my cholesterol down naturally for five years now without success, until now. It looks like the vegan approach is working. My bad cholesterol dropped from 156 (last October) to 118 (March blood work). Pretty much everything else

Miscellaneous Rambling I've started something new: hybrid reading. That's my own term to describe digital reading in traditional book format. I decided to try it out when I found myself wanting to know the history of Poland better. My first thought was, "I'll